Costa v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
733 F.3d 13 · 2013
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · ACOSTA · 19 I. & N. Dec. 439 - MOGARRABI · Romilus v. Ashcroft
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the risk that [the noncitizen] face[d] [was] personal, and not due to her membership in a social group”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pojoy-Deleon v. Barr“not due to ... membership in a social group”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.